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"A Song of Autumn" is a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon set to music by Edward Elgar in 1892.. The song was dedicated by Elgar to 'Miss Marshall'. [1] It was first published by Orsborn & Tuckwood, then by Ascherberg in 1892 before it was re-published in 1907 as one of the Seven Lieder, with English and German words (German words by Edward Sachs).
The field Negro lived in a shack, wore raggedy clothes, and ate chittlins. He hated his owner. If the owner's house caught fire, the field Negro prayed for wind. If the owner got sick, the field Negro prayed for him to die. If somebody suggested to the field Negro that he escape, he would leave in an instant. [9]
Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge ...
Shall is regarded as being a modal verb which can only be used with I and We. However, by analysing the Corpus of the English language we can conclude it is used with other persons as well. For instance, in the lyrics to the song Moonchild, by Iron Maiden, shall is used with you (you shall be damned), conveying the meaning of a threat.
Winston Churchill took over as Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway.
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall ...
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To-morrow we Shall don the Cap of Libertie! The Golden Age we'll then revive: Each man will be a brother; In harmony we all shall live, And share the earth together; In Virtue train'd, enlighten'd Youth Will love each fellow-creature; And future years shall prove the truth That Man is good by nature: Then let us toast with three times three